Bell unit to modify aircraft
Bell Helicopter has enough projects in the works, including one scheduled for Amarillo, to use up the whole alphabet.

Stocks Summary
NEW YORK - Optimistic investors bid stocks sharply higher in light trading Monday, buoyed by the strength of the economy and even ignoring a slight rise in oil prices. The Dow Jones industrial average rose more than 140 points.

Bank to swap quarters
You can make your money match your lifestyle when you trade your old quarters for Texas quarters Thursday.

Market Advisory
NEW YORK - The New York Stock Exchange will be closed Friday in honor of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan.

Add value and beauty to your surroundings
The building profession is a competitive business. As with any industry, it is imperative to stay at the forefront by investing in new technology and continuing education.

Oklahoma State QB recruit undergoes shoulder surgery
STILLWATER, Okla. - Bobby Reid, the prized recruit in Oklahoma State's incoming freshman class and the front-runner to assume the quarterback job for the Cowboys this season, could miss the season after surgery on his throwing shoulder.

Dillas begin 7-game trip
The slumping Amarillo Dillas take their 8-22 act on the road with seven games in six days beginning tonight when they open a three-game series at Fort Worth.

Carbo: 'One of those things you dream about'
Bernie Carbo says baseball is supposed to be fun. During the extensive rain delays during his Pensacola Pelicans' weekend series with the Dillas, Carbo shook more hands than a presidential candidate and put his name on more shirts than Tommy Hilfiger.

Tosya Stewart
Teri and Dalton Stewart of Columbus, Ohio, announce the engagement of their daughter, Tosya, to Keith Kidd.

Annie Baily
Barbara and Steven Baily of Grants Pass, Ore., announce the engagement of their daughter, Annie Jenny, to John Dustin Rollins.

Julie May
Rebecca and Marlos May of Gruver announce the engagement of their daughter, Julie, to Joshua Vincent.

Erin Derington
Mandy and Jim Derington of Spearman announce the engagement of their daughter, Erin, to Mike Bickle.

Lindsay Green
Dr. and Mrs. Donald L. Williams of Clarendon announce the engagement of their daughter, Lindsay Katherine Green, to Brent Andrew Wilhelm. The bride-elect also is the daughter of the late Bernard "Bernie" Green.

Kiri Schoenenberger
Lissa and Michael Schoenenberger of Happy announce the engagement of their daughter, Kiri, to Tyson Neill.

Dear Abby: Woman wants baby now
Dear Abby: I am almost 22 and become very emotional when I hear about friends who are expecting. All my friends from high school have children. My mother already had two children by the time she was my age.

Dr. Gott: Blood in urine needs testing to identify problem
Dear Dr. Gott: I have an ongoing problem that doesn't seem to have an easy answer. Every month for about a week, I have blood in my urine. My white blood cell count isn't up enough to indicate infection. Because I'm generally healthy and have no kidney pain, I'm unwilling to have invasive tests done. I had a hysterectomy for endometriosis 10 years ago. Could that be the problem?

Dr. Gott: Smoking is more than nicotine addiction
Dear Dr. Gott: My husband quit smoking cigarettes almost two years ago. Since then, he has continued to use nicotine patches. While I am thrilled that he gave up smoking, I am concerned about the risks of long-term nicotine-patch usage.

New Officers
The Amarillo Federation of Women's Clubs: Trudy Buford was installed as board president for 2004-2005.

Dear Abby: Woman glad she's dating again
Dear Abby: "Burned in Victoria, Texas" wrote that she had been badly hurt after her three-year relationship with a man she had known since childhood fell apart. She asked for encouragement in entering the dating scene again - something she has been afraid to do since the romance ended a year and a half ago.

Palmer No. 1 at camp
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - The No. 1 pick in the draft and the guy with two most valuable player trophies and a Super Bowl ring stood in the back when the New York Giants offense began its drills at minicamp Monday.

Scott executes under pressure
Standing over a tricky downhill 12-foot putt at the final hole, a couple of things were going through Codie Scott's mind.

Medical Rounds
Pathways, a Harrington Cancer Center support group for those who have lost a loved one to cancer, meets from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Tuesday in the Harrington Cancer Center amphitheater, second floor, 1500 Wallace Blvd. Information: Gerry Kelly, M.Div., (806) 359-4673, Ext. 235.

Fort Elliott's Smith to leave for teaching post
Barely three months removed from leading Fort Elliott to its first state basketball tournament appearance, Curtis Smith has decided to conclude his career with the Cougars and Lady Cougars.

Philadelphia drafts Perryton's Creswell in 10th round
Senior catcher Reece Creswell became the first high school player from Perryton drafted by major league baseball Monday, going to the Philadelphia Phillies in the 10th round of the annual Amateur Baseball Draft.

American League: Five-run sixth lifts Boston to 5-3 victory over Royals
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Johnny Damon hit a tiebreaking double in a five-run sixth inning, and the Boston Red Sox rallied for a 5-3 victory against the Kansas City Royals. Mike Sweeney hit a two-run homer for the Royals, who lost first baseman Ken Harvey and reliever Jason Grimsley when they were hurt in a violent collision in the sixth.

Padres narrow choice
NEW YORK - After months of evaluating thousands of athletes around the country, the San Diego Padres have narrowed their decision on the No. 1 draft pick to three players.

Baseball Today
Adam Dunn, Reds, hit two homers, including a three-run game winning shot in the 10th inning, giving the Reds a 6-3 victory over the Expos.

Texas MLB: Yankees edge Rangers, 2-1
NEW YORK - Mike Mussina took a shutout into the ninth inning, and Jason Giambi homered in his return from the disabled list, leading the New York Yankees past the Texas Rangers 2-1 Sunday.

National League: Griffey slams two homers; Reds rally with 3 in ninth
CINCINNATI - Ken Griffey Jr. homered twice to increase his career total to 498, and the Cincinnati Reds rallied with three runs in the ninth inning to beat the Montreal Expos 6-5 Sunday. Pinch-hitter Jacob Cruz hit a two-out, two-run homer in the ninth that tied the score against Rocky Biddle, and the Reds won the game on singles by pinch-hitter Barry Larkin, Ryan Freel and D'Angelo Jimenez. W: Matthews (1-0). L: Biddle (0-4).

MLB Roundup: Blalock's 10th-inning hit lifts Rangers past Pirates
ARLINGTON - Hank Blalock hit an RBI-single with two outs in the 10th inning, and the Texas Rangers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-5 Monday night in the first interleague game of the season. Blalock's looper to center, on a full-count pitch from Mike Johnston, dropped in front of charging outfielder Tike Redman to score Laynce Nix.

De La Hoya survives
LAS VEGAS - Oscar De La Hoya thought he had it all planned out. The only thing he didn't plan on was Felix Sturm putting up such a fight.

U.S., Japan settle for tie
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Abby Wambach scored her 12th goal in as many games, and the U.S. women's soccer team recovered from a humbling first half to tie Japan 1-1 Sunday in a tuneup for the Olympics.

Martin stops long drought at 72 races
DOVER, Del. - Mark Martin had old tires for a final 10-lap sprint at the Dover International Speedway; Tony Stewart had new tires. But Martin said the finish wasn't about tires - it was about determination.

Biffle wins Busch race
DOVER, Del. - Greg Biffle took the lead for the first time with 21 miles to go and then drove away from the field to win the weather-delayed NASCAR Busch Series race Monday at Dover International Speedway.

Lakers plan to capture another title
LOS ANGELES - From the aches of a year's effort, from a life-changing circumstance for Kobe Bryant and career-changing decisions by Karl Malone and Gary Payton, and in the moments before the organization might be forced to rebuild again around Shaquille O'Neal, the Los Angeles Lakers open the best-of-seven NBA Finals Sunday night at Staples Center.

Fire victims identified
WELLINGTON - Collingsworth County Sheriff's officials Monday identified two men who died as a result of a house fire Saturday afternoon near Wellington.

Volunteer Of The Day: Sue L. Davis
Volunteer Activities: She is an LVN who goes to the Amarillo Senior Citizens Center every Wednesday and monitors blood pressure and pulse rates for those who want it.

Boy, 10, drowns in Greenbelt
CLARENDON - A 10-year-old boy who went to Greenbelt Lake without his parents' knowledge drowned Saturday afternoon after swimming into an area where the lake's depth suddenly increases.

SART moves assault-victim care to new level
A two-decade effort in caring for sexual assault victims at Northwest Texas Healthcare System officially came to fruition Wednesday with the signing of an affiliation agreement with the state Attorney General's Office.

Pantex reports on extraction
Pantex's soil vapor extraction and groundwater pump-and-treat systems have stripped thousands of pounds of chemicals from soils and groundwater beneath the nuclear weapons assembly and disassembly plant, a plant official said Monday.

Volunteer Of The Day: J. B. Lane
Volunteer Activities: He has been a substitute driver for 14 years and delivers meals to homebound individuals on a weekly on-call basis. He has also served as a volunteer Meals on Wheels board member for nine years.

You Can Do It
John Thuringer of Dumas throws a pitch to his 4-year-old son, Thomas, as his wife, Carla, catches in Amarillo's Thompson Park. Other family members playing ball were Lauren, 12, Reid, 10 and Stephen, 6.

Editorial: Tenet resignation chance for change
While the resignation of CIA Director George Tenet was a surprise, rather than lament his departure, the Bush administration should view this as an opportunity to restructure and revamp the much-criticized agency.

Monday Briefing
SPELL IT OUT: Congrats to Amarillo's Caitlin Campbell of Austin Middle School, who competed in the 77th Annual Scripps National Spelling Bee last week in Washington, D.C. Campbell made it through Round 2, but did not score high enough on the written portion of the test to advance. Zachary Gillooly of Yucca Junior High in Clovis, N.M., also made it to the second round.

A renewed demand for oilmen
ODESSA - The high price of oil is increasing exploration and well redevelopment in the Permian Basin, but a few factors are suppressing the size of the apparent boom.

Around The World: 1 killed, 1 injured in Saudi shooting
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - An Irish cameraman working for the British Broadcasting Corp. was killed and a British reporter injured in a shooting Sunday in the Saudi capital, hours after the foreign minister said the kingdom was doing "everything we can" to protect citizens and residents.

Thousands pay respects at Reagan Library
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. - Nancy Reagan touched her cheek to the flag-covered casket, then made way for Americans by the thousands to pay respects Monday to Ronald Reagan before a cross-country journey to a state funeral in Washington.

Rice: Iraq agreement close
SAVANNAH, Ga. - U.S. officials are confident an agreement will be reached soon on a new United Nations Security Council resolution outlining Iraqi sovereignty.

Virginia congressman fighting primary challenge
FALLS CHURCH, Va. - Rep. Jim Moran has ticked off plenty of people in his long political career - he's been the target of an ethics investigation and once got into a shoving match with a fellow congressman.

Check This Out
SEATTLE - Scientists in Seattle have performed the first artificial insemination attempt on the world's smallest and perhaps most threatened species of bear, the Malayan sun bear.

Iraqi government announces accord to dissolve 9 militias
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's new prime minister announced an agreement Monday by nine political parties to dissolve their militias, integrating some of the 100,000 fighters into the army and police and pensioning off the rest to firm up government control ahead of the transfer of sovereignty.

McLaughlin prepares to take over at CIA
WASHINGTON - Harrison Ford has filled John McLaughlin's job in the movies, but in real life, the CIA's bespectacled, cerebral deputy director has stayed so well-cloaked that few outside the shadows of intelligence gathering know him.

High court OKs suit to retrieve paintings
WASHINGTON - A California woman can sue to retrieve $150 million worth of family paintings stolen by the Nazis, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in opening American courts to World War II-era disputes the Bush administration had wanted settled diplomatically.

Today in History
In 1845, Andrew Jackson, seventh president of the United States, died in Nashville, Tenn.

Remembrances of Reagan
Former President George Bush and former Vice President Walter Mondale remember Ronald Reagan as a civil opponent, with a knack for maintaining friendships.

Wireless messages show up in court
DENVER - A few hours after NBA star Kobe Bryant had sex with a Vail-area hotel worker last summer, the woman exchanged cell phone text messages with a former boyfriend and someone else.

Today in History
In 1753, Britain's King George II gave his assent to an Act of Parliament establishing the British Museum.

Protocol directs state funerals
WASHINGTON - Ronald Reagan will be memorialized at the first presidential state funeral in more than three decades, a ritual rich in traditions from the country's earliest days.

Check This Out
Paleontologists have discovered fossils of a meat-eating dinosaur whose presence in the Western Sahara suggests that Africa was linked to other land masses in a southern supercontinent far longer than previously thought.

Death In The News
SAN CARLOS, Calif. - Irene Manning, the beautiful, classically trained singer who appeared in some of the most prominent musicals of the 1940s, including "Yankee Doodle Dandy," and "The Desert Song," died Friday. He was 91.

U.S. to withdraw troops from South Korea
SEOUL, South Korea - A U.S. plan to cut the number of its troops in South Korea by one-third by the end of 2005 will force the South to shoulder more responsibility for defending itself against any North Korean military aggression.

Kerry suspends campaign schedule
TOLEDO, Ohio - Sen. John F. Kerry suspended his campaign schedule for this week in deference to Ronald Reagan's death, and he praised the former Republican president to a high school graduating class here Sunday as a leader who knew "the difference between strong beliefs and bitter partisanship."

Supreme Court rules U.S. can let Mexican trucks roll
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court removed the last legal roadblock to Mexican trucks rolling across U.S. roadways, siding with the Bush administration Monday in a long-running dispute with labor union officials, environmentalists and consumer advocates.

Bush pushing Arab democracy initiative at G-8 summit
SEA ISLAND, Ga. - The Bush administration, expecting a quick and favorable vote on a U.N. resolution on Iraq, turned Monday toward winning support at a summit of world leaders for a broader effort to promote democracy in the Middle East at large.